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variadic

Adjective CEFR B2
vɛɹiˈædɪk

Definitions

  1. Taking a variable number of arguments; especially, taking arbitrarily many arguments.
    not-comparable
  2. Belonging to a variadic function.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Françaisvariadique

Examples

“C's printf is one of the most widely used variadic functions.”
“There are some functions and predicates which we tend⟳ to think⟳ of as being able to take⟳ any number⟳ of parameters – of being of variable arity or variadic.”
“The variadic functions that increase⟳ the valence of the input relation through the addition of a circumstance to the set⟳ of its argument-roles can be represented by means of an operator (or rather, a family of operators) ‘Circ’.”
“However, the real max procedure of Scheme is a variadic procedure, which means that it accepts any positive number⟳ of arguments: ¶ (max 5 1 3 8 9 7 2 6 4) => 9”
“each variadic argument”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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